Review: This a great cb antenna. i talked with 28 watts of power at a range of about 50 to 67 miles. it shout skip around the world with no problem!! This the best cheap antenna made. i put it up on a 30ft mast by myself in 3 min. WALCOTT got it to me in two days.
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Reviewed By: Primo Apuzzo on 03/10/2008
Review: I live in an apartment complex so......I\'m not allowed to permanently mount this monster to our roof. I came up with a pretty good fix where I can take the A99 in and out at my leisure......and mount it on our deck rail using the 5 foot mast. The top of the antenna ends up about 5 or 6 feet above the roof line. I realize that this is not good for maximum performance but..........somehow, on my first try, I ended up talking to someone 12 miles to my north. And just a side note: My north is the side where my apartment is blocking the base of the antenna! Now I can\'t wait to purchase a dx radio for this sucker to see just how far out we can reach & receive. Thanks guys for a great antenna.
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Reviewed By: Alan Reed on 01/28/2007
Review: This is an outstanding base antenna. Out of the box SWR 1:2 and I reach out and touch folks. I have my A99 on top of a 35 foot mast and my first contact, asking for a radio check, was another base station at exit 668 on IH-10. Considering I live around exit 601 on IH-10 and I was talking on a mobile, COBRA 29 tuned and dead keys at 12W, Talk? O-yes it does. I
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Reviewed By: James Clute on 01/15/2007
Review: Take his 42.6 miles and times it by 5, and that is the average I can talk. It's one of the best skip shooting antennas I have come across also. Over all, I would rate the 99 right at the top with all omni-directional antennas without breaking the bank. If the rating went to 10, I would have to rate it a 12. Excellent antenna. I can't begin to say enough good about it. I put mine up right from the box on a 30 foot mast and I didn't even have to touch the tunning rings. SWR was right at 1.1. We had a severe storm here a couple weeks ago. 73 mph winds. It didn't even phase the A99. Excellent antenna. You can't go wrong.
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Reviewed By: Mitchell Lee on 01/09/2007
Review: AWESOME ANTENNA!!Had mine up about 2 months and no complaints at all!!Blows the smoke even when the skip is rollin!!! This antenna pretty much talks where ever it wants!If you want a good base antenna that wont break the bank this is the one!!Im up about 20ft to the bottom of the ant. connector(about 37ft total with ant) and it TALKSSSS!!Straight from the box to the air with NO ADJUSTMENTS!!!SWR is at 1.1!!!!I look forward to doin business with Walcott CB again!!
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Reviewed By: John Lawson on 02/05/2006
Review: GREAT ANTENNA! I've had mine A99 for about 4 months now and it's one of the best ones have ever had.
I've got mine up 28 feet up in the air from the coax connector and I get about 30 to 40 miles (depending on the mountains & hills), It has about 3.3 dB gain and easy to use SWR rings you can adjust. NOTE: if you keep the rings turned all the way down you will have about 1.1 to 1.2 SWR. remember, the lower the SWR the better you will sound and be louder. To much SWR will destroy your radio and this antenna has the easy way to get you standing wave down, That's Good!!
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Reviewed By: kevin foutch on 01/09/2006
Review: One of the best antenna i have ever bought.great for talking dx and easy to setup out of the box.
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Reviewed By: alan forsberg on 12/31/2005
Review: It's a good antenna for the base antenna but does not perform more than 42.6 miles
